This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Intermittent Fever / by Linthicum, James Garrott ; Rheumatism / by Welling, William W. ; Inflammation / by Stirling, R.H. ; Inguinal Hernia / by Wells, Benjamin ; Clinical Report / by Hodgkin, Alexander Boteler ; Fractures / by Wheeden, Thomas J. ; Histology / by Wentz, George ; Menstruation / by Owens, Thomas ; Rubeola / by Moore, Dickey ; Typhoid Fever / by Robosson, Thomas Perry ; Abortion / by Robinson, Robert K. ; Conservative Power of Nature in Disease / by Oliver, Joseph Lewis ; Oil of Turpentine / by Quinn, Samuel Schoolfield ; Clinical Report / by Waters, James Kinna ; Opium / by Wilson, Charles J. ; Menstruation / by Hopkins Jr., Ephraim